Esports Roundtable Podcast: Past, Present and Future of Business in Esports

This week Nicola Piggott and Anna Rozwandowicz, two of the three co-founders of The Story Mob, join the show to discuss their journey towards entrepreneurialism, experiences as women in esports business and how our industry can better tell it's story on a local and globally level. 

Reach Nicola and Anna @ thestorymob on Twitter.

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Flame has tied together one of the most successful team brands in Overwatch where the deep rooted brotherhood between players, coaches and management is palpable. We twist and turn through early life inspiration towards performance, lessons learned from Season 1 and how management balances enabling players to build the brands whilst maintaining team morale and performance.

Reach Matt @flameirl and LinkedIn on "Matt Rodriguez".

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Markel Lee, Creative Director for Infinite, is the leader behind the hugely successful launches of Houston Outlaws, OpTic Global and much more across the Infinite portfolio. He joins us on the show to tell his story, take us through the recent Spec Ops OpTic Gaming rebrand and his approach to pursuing success for himself and his team.

Check out the rebrand on Vision Season 5: Episode 9 "Prestige" from 7,55 onwards!

https://youtu.be/4pCSRM-Z1go

Reach Markel - [email protected] or @markel_lee on Twitter.

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Bryce Blum, one of the leading esports general counsels on retainer for Cloud9, Immortals, Team Liquid, TSM and OpTic Gaming, joins us to lift the veil on the rapid evolution of the legal standard in esports.

We explore the state of player contracts, league infrastructures, player associations and unions as well as the difficult landscape of esports immigration; for athletes and business professionals alike.

Reach out to Bryce @esportslaw on twitter and esglaw.com

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This week we are joined by Nicole Pike, Managing Director of Nielsen and Johannes Waldstein, CEO of FanAI to take an analytical review of how successful Season One of the OWL was, how we measure that and the overall state of business analytics in esports. We also dive into the business philosophies, life lessons and mottoes picked up by these two esports leaders.

Reach out to our guests on [email protected] and [email protected]

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The Roundtable is back from the NGAGE Esports Studios in Frisco, TX! (Apologies for the early crackle - it ends quickly)

Join PUBG standout OpTic Hypoc and I in our exploration of how the mindset of pro players varies between title, the importance of a structured approach to mental health and physical performance in esports and how the BR genre can mature to provide a better experience for players and fans alike.

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Continuing our dive into the wonderful world of esports merchandise, Patrick Mahoney from We are Nations came on the show to share his impressions of how music/esports being so similar from a merchandising, stage production, touring and counter cultural fan tendencies perspective.

Reach out to Patrick - [email protected] and on @WeareNations.

Apologies for the sound quality for this one. We had some corruption in the recording

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Former Head of Esports EU, Riot Games and ERT alumni Jason Yeh comes on the show to discuss how esports is growing into mainstream entertainment, K-Swiss making moves with Immortals, analysing AirAsia's entry and the multi title Fnatic approach vs local market mastery of Vitality. We also touch on how imported rosters such as NYXL and London Spitfire gel with local audiences.

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In one of our most inspiring episodes, Taylor Johnson from the Innovative Performance Institute shares his lessons from life, the scientific approach to enabling players to be their best selves and how elite performance in esports/sport can instil healthy habits in fans around the world.

Reach Taylor on Twitter @ CoachT_Johnson or Linkedin

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Sounds different? Recorded live from NGAGE Esport's office in Frisco, TX.

Millions of esports investment is being assigned to cultivating the next generation of venues tailored for esports production - significantly more demanding than traditional sports. Jonathan Oudthone, President of NGAGE Esports joins the show to share his story from directing EVO for multiple years, how Esports Stadium came to be and the potential for social change through esports investment in local communities.

Find out more here: www.arlington-tx.gov/esports

Reach Jonathan on Twitter @solidxpanda and on LinkedIn.

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